The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-17
DEFAUITER CAPrURED.

PENDANT. Owing TO the unavoidable
absence of NJ. d. O'Connell, Of counsel
Tor the State, the case viii not be called
until March %.
DEFAULTER CAPTURED.
Montgomery, Ala, March 10
Isaac A. Vincent, Alabama's default
ing Treasurer, who has been missing
since 1885, having got away with
over $500, 600 Of public money
was lodged in Jail here today.
he was caught near FL Paso Texas,
LATER.-The capture of Vincent, the
defaultlng State Treasurer, has caused
great sensation. He was arrested
Sunday morning at Big Sandy, Texas.
He agreed to come without force. Not
soul knew of his arrest until he ar
rived here. Vincent says he went from
here to Cincinnati, then to st. Louis.
and from thence to Mexico. He has
made frequent trips to Texas, and once
last year visited New York. Although
his shortage was over 500 600, he took
away with him only few hundred dol
lars. His wife and children are in
Mexico. There are thirty-nine indict-
ments against him.
WARRANTS FOR THE BOODLERS.
CHICAGO, March 15.-Warrants were
issued tonight for the arrest of four
members of the Doodle gang of officials,
whose operations within a couple of
years, have brought to the verge of
bankruptcy the county in which Chicago
is situated. 1t is believed that the
four men wanted are all County Com
missioners or equally prominent un-Of-
fetal beneficiaries of the ring. Sheriff
the identity of his intended prisoners.
THE ARRESTED BooDLERS.
Warden McGarrigle, of the Cook
County Hospital, Warden Varnell, of
the County Insane Asylum. Ed Nc
Donald, brother of Mike Mcdonald,
the noted ex-gambler, engineer at
the County Hospital, Richard O..
DriscolI, bOok-keeper of the Chicago
Pharmaceutical Company and one
night for conspiracy to defraud the
County and an army of detectives
and deputies is securing the city for
others of the ''boodlers,'' who have
within couple or three years brought
this county to the verge of bankruptcy.
They were and their friends were be-
side themselves with fear and excite
ment all the evening. Mike Mcdonald,
Johnny Rumford and host of others
all over the city hastily devising
means of relief for their indicted
friends. All were bailed almost the
moment they reached the Office of
the sheriff. The arrests were under
stood to be upon indictments returned
this evening by the special Grand
jury which has been in session but
two or three days.
INTIMIDAToRs INDICTED.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 15.-Judge
Kirk, of Washington County, Texas,
who recently testified before the Senate
Investigating committee at Washing
ton, d. c., has been indicted, together
with other citizens of Washington
County by the United States grand jury,
on a charge of intimidating voters Judge
Kirk arrived here today and gave bond
for his appearance to answer the
charges.
JOPLIN, Mo-, March I5.-Some time
ago Mrs. Frank w. Pattison, whose
husband had disappeared mysteriously,
received letter purporting to be
from him, dated at Cedarvale, Kas..
in which the writer asked that
$35 or $40 be sent him, promising to re-
turn Immediately. The writing was
not that of Pattison and II. Lavery,
father of Mrs. Pattison, went to Cedar
from the postmaster that Frank
Deer, a young farm hand, had
written and mailed the letter.
A decoy letter was left at the Office by
Mr.. Lavery addressed to F. w. Patti
son, and the Marshal instructed to ar
rest Deer should he call for it.
Lavery then returned home and
Saturday evening he received a
telegram stating That the the young ng
arrested. The Deputy United
States Marshal at Columbus, Kansas,
was notified and left this morning and
will bring the man back with him.
Deer had seen an advertisement in some
paper asking the whereabouts of F. w.
Pattison, and had adopted the above
means of obtaining few dollars.